Voskreshenije Lazarja; Воскрешение Лазаря (The raising of Lazarus)
| Song Title | Voskreshenije Lazarja; Воскрешение Лазаря (Search) |
| Title in English | The raising of Lazarus (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (Хомяков, Алексей Степанович) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: God; Ages; Allowing; Appealing; Arise; Beseeching; Blessedness; Blessing; Blessings; Boons; Catholic; Catholicism; Catholics; Christ; Christian; Christianity; Christians; Coming; Dead; Deliverance; Divine; Divining; Earnest; Easter; Eastern Orthodoxy (Orthodox Catholicism); Entreaty; Eternal; Eternity; Fathers; Gifts; Giving; Glory; God; Grace; Graces; Graves; Humble; Hymn; Invocation; Jehovah; Jesus; Kings; Lazarus; Life; Light; Lights; Living; Lord; Lords; Magic; Marvels; Merciful; Mighty; Mine; Miracles; Mystery; Open; Opening; Palm Sunday; Past; Petitioning; Piety; Pleas; Praise; Prayers; Praying; Prisons; Radiance; Radiant; Rebirth; Renewal; Renewing; Requesting; Requests; Resounding; Resurrection; Returning; Ringing; Rising; Saints; Salvation; Sanctification; Saying; Shattering; Shining; Solemn; Son of God; Son of Man; Souls; Speaking; Supplicants; Supplication; Supplications; Transfiguration; Voices; Wonders; Words |
| First Line | O Car' i Bog moj! Slovo sily; О Царь и Бог мой! Слово силы (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1912 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Четырнадцать романсов; Fourteen Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Slavophilia (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cf/IMSLP07413-Rachmaninov_-_Op._34,_No._6.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4B80mZ7PJgVK54W6vTq9a1 |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 34 no. 6 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin; Фёдор Иванович Шаляпин (Search) |
| Notes | Khomyakov wrote this text after the death of his wife. "Even though his wife's death and subsequent despondency are not mentioned in the poem, Khomiakov was unable to write until he finally wrote this poem of regeneration in October of that year." Sylvester, pp. 201 (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
| Contributor | MRH , Morgan Horning (Search) |